Astronomy magazine's Atlas of the Stars is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn the constellations, find the brightest stars, and view the best deep-sky objects. This easy-to-use issue shows everything you can see in the night sky with the naked eye or with a small telescope. - Contains 87,000 stars down to magnitude 8.5. - Has more than 1,200 deep-sky objects. - Enjoy more than 100 high-quality photographs of celestial objects. - 100 packed pages with accurate and easy-to read star maps and informative articles.

Tour the night sky

ATLAS GLOSSARY

The Queen’s clusters

THE GREEK ALPHABET AND STAR MAPS

THE END OF THE NEW GENERAL CATALOGUE

The Bear’s realm

SKY POSITIONS AND COORDINATES

“DIPPER” DISTANCES

Celestial sampler

THE MAGNITUDE SYSTEM

The Princess’ sky

All around Auriga

Winter galaxies

THE MESSIER OBJECTS — 109 DEEP-SKY TREATS

Bright galaxies

A showpiece globular

THE CALDWELL OBJECTS

Flying with the Swan

An ocean of galaxies

Nights of the Hunter

BEYOND THE CONSTELLATION FIGURES

The Lion’s galaxies

Realm of the nebulae

Globular central

BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN: ASTROLOGY

Swimming with stars

The sky’s Furnace

South of the Dog Star

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: OBSERVING DOUBLE STARS

Spring’s Water Snake

CLOUDS OF COLOR: OBSERVING NEBULAE

Wolf and Centaur

BEACONS IN THE DARK: OBSERVING STAR CLUSTERS

Our galaxy’s heart

Southern galaxies

STAR CITIES IN THE UNIVERSE: OBSERVING GALAXIES

Clouds of Magellan

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF STAR PARTIES AND OBSERVING SESSIONS

Southern jewels

REMOTE OBSERVING: WHEN YOU’RE READY TO HEAD TO A DARK-SKY SITE

Faint southern stars